 
| 3.2.5 Articles définis et articles indéfinis | 
| exemple | ||
| He meets a friend. | Il rencontre un ami. |   | 
| exemple | ||
| He meets the friend that helps him with English homework. | Il rencontre l' ami qui l' aide à 
                                    faire ses devoirs d' anglais. |   | 
| Résumé | 
| sans articles | sans articles définis | avec articles définis | ||
| singulier | singulier (jamais au pluriel!) | singulier | pluriel | |
| généralisations | Tigers are dangerous animals | A tiger is a dangerous animal. | The tiger is a dangerous animal. | The bold and the beautiful. | 
| notions généralement | the sky the weather | |||
| notions bien définies | the man at the door | the animals in the zoo | ||
| notions pas encore mentionnées | a car on the street | |||
| notions déjà mentionnées | the car on the street | the cars on the street | ||
| notions inséparables | water, sand, concrete | the water in the Atlantic | ||
| notions abstraites | society, life | a happy life | the life of Pi | the lives of all of us | 
| professions, titres et rangs | Queen Elizabeth, doctor Schiwago | an engineer | Mr. Brown, the engineer, leads a happy life. | |
| institutions | to go to school | a school (Gebäude) | the school (Gebäude) he went | the schools in this town | 
| l' heure et la date | we meet at Christmas, in summer | on a summer day | ||
| ouest, nord, sud, est | west of here | to the north of Russia | ||
| noms propres (aussi de repas) | we eat lunch at one | a light lunch | ||
| prix | 20 Euro a kilo | |||
| contact mentions légales déclaration de protection de donnée |